This is not unique to SWRL. It is true of any rules language
processed by a rules engine that supports RETE processing as Jess
does. The firing of one rule can satisfy the precondition of a
different rule that could not previously fire. See: http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rete_algorithm
Hope this helps,
Jane Eisenstein
On Aug 1, 2007, at 9:42 PM, daphne wrote:
> As Timothy said, it seems Rules are allowed to fire at any time when
> their preconditions have been met.
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